The city of Redding, California (96001) is a small, rural community located in the northern part of the state. The politics in this area are very diverse, with active representation from both major parties and a range of third-party candidates. The current mayor is Brent Weaver, who was first elected in 2016 and has been re-elected twice since then. He has shown himself to be committed to improving public safety, creating jobs, and investing in infrastructure. Additionally, there are two members of the City Council that serve as representatives for the city's residents: Francie Sullivan and Erin Resner. Both Council members have a strong focus on ensuring that their constituents receive the best possible services from their local government.
The political climate in Zip 96001 (Redding, CA) is moderately conservative.
Shasta County, CA is very conservative. In Shasta County, CA 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shasta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.3%.
Shasta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 96001 (Redding, CA) is moderately conservative.
Redding, California is moderately conservative.
Shasta County, California is very conservative.
Redding Metro Area is very conservative.
California is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Redding, California: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 96001 (Redding)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,423 contributions totaling $86,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $98,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)